Carroll T. McDade Sr.

Carroll Thomas McDade Sr., 78, passed away Friday, April 5, 2013, at his home.A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Center United Methodist Church by the Revs. Dr. Stephen W. Pillsbury and Clay Morgan. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Davidson Funeral Home and other times at the home on Ryan Street.Carroll was born Aug. 30, 1934, in Davidson County to Eston Taylor and Rena Alexander McDade. He graduated from Lexington High School in 1952 and completed courses in time study and work simplification at Henderson, Lindsey and Michaels Management Consultants in Greenville, S.C., as well as completed transportation management school at Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind. A lifelong resident of Lexington, he spent most of his adult life working in and for the city. He retired in 1999 from the City of Lexington as the superintendent of the sanitation and garage departments. He was a graduate of Leadership Davidson County and attended the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Carroll was an active member of Lexington's business and cultural community. He was a member and past president of the Lexington Industrial Management Club and a charter member and first president of the Lexington Men of Song. He played in several theater productions sponsored by the Lexington Woman's Club such as "Oklahoma," "Annie Get Your Gun" and "You Can't Take It With You." He loved music and was a gifted soloist, singing publicly from the age of 6 until his death. He frequently sang at weddings, funerals and numerous performances at Center United Methodist Church. Known to his family and friends as Carroll or "Papa," he loved God, his church and his friends. But, most of all, he loved his family. In addition to his mother and father, he was preceded in death by brothers Charles and Furman McDade.Surviving are his wife, the love of his life, Jewell McCrary McDade; son Carroll Thomas "Tommy" McDade Jr. of Lexington; daughters Cathy McDade Horton and husband Owen "T" of Raleigh and Kim McDade Pitts and husband Eddie of Burlington; grandchildren Megan Brown, Allyson Parks, Hannah Bower, Joshua Parks, Taylor McDade, Cyrus Horton, Katy Parker, Jessica McDade, Rachel McDade, Jennifer Hanopole and Johnathon Pitts; great-grandchildren Sarah Ann McDade, Kateland McDade, Camden Burnette, Isabelle Bower, Gavyn Williams, Mia McDade, Mason Hanopole, Natalie Brown, Emily Brown and Lily Brown; sisters Helen Linder and Evelyn Kepley and husband Don, all of Lexington; and many nieces and nephews.In lieu of flowers, Carroll requested that books be donated to the City of Lexington's public libraries. Additionally, memorials may be made to the Center UMC Christian Fellowship Center, P.O. Box 179, Welcome, NC 27374.Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.

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